Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

Along Portugal’s Atlantic rim, Nazaré has become shorthand for oceanic extremes, where 7‑story waves rise like moving ...

Few have explored the ocean’s deepest depths – but those rare few have shared images of the strangest, most mysterious ...

Clay weighs down carbon and other materials, helping it sink deeper into the ocean. Video courtesy of Dartmouth College. In 2016, Dartmouth professor Mukul Sharma was thinking that bringing down ...

Photojournalist Brian Skerry has taken photos for National Geographic for the past 14 years and counting. His photographs are the focus of a new exhibit scheduled for early next year at the ...

Q. I enjoy learning about bizarre animals like the terrestrial one you recently wrote about called a hammerhead worm. With all the strange animals found on land, the oceans must be full of even more ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay find reef monsters and fight the strongest fish in the ocean.